The book Revelation, appeared to be a kind of "signs and wonders", as did he writings of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Joel, and others. There is really only one good way to know and that is to personally know Jesus Christ as the Word of God. They knew Jesus Christ as the Word of God. But if you don't listen to the Lord then the word of God to you is going to have to be the lines upon lines of text only, because you don't hear His voice. Isaiah explained this:
Is 28:12,13 He who said to them, "Here is rest, give rest to the weary," and "Here is repose," but they would not listen. So the word of the Lord to them will be, "Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there," That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive
You see, Isaiah listen to the Lord and thus he knew that if you didn't listen the word of the Lord to you would have to be those lines upon lines of text. And Isaiah sought the King who had a kingdom and found it because all who seek find.
Is 6:1 I saw the Lord sitting on a throne... Seraphim stood above Him...
John knew listened to the Lord and so he knew Him as Word of God - Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God, He was in the beginning with God.
And because John knew our Lord, the King who has (not had) a kingdom, he found it.
Rev 19: 11-17 I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse... He is clothed with a robed dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God... on His thigh He has a name written, "KiING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Then I saw an angel... he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in mid heaven...
The Lord is not a has been, that we should say, Rm 10:7... WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?
Nor is the Lord in some far off place that we should say Rm 10:6 … WHO WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN?
The Kingdom of God, where our Lord reigns as King, is in our midst! Rm 10:8 But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, in your mouth and in your heart" -- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching.
So the word of faith we are preaching is not the ink on pages but that small voice that we find in our hearts and sometime on our lips, because God is spirit and so the words that he speaks to you are spirit.
Jn 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life.... the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
So we can read the Bible and see that those who wrote it were trying to tell us about the King, Jesus Christ, and His kingdom. They were passing along information to get us to seek it. Yet there have always been those who don't enter in. They want to tell you all about their knowledge, but it is clear their knowledge did not come from seeking the King of kings, but only from the others who were always telling them to seek to find the King and the Kingdom of God.
Jesus told the Jews, " You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life (Jn 5:39,40)
There is nothing new under the sun. There were people like that and are people like that. Yes, the Spirit of God is not the only spirit about and about, and you need to test the spirits. But if someone is not seeking the King, whose name is called The Word of God, and His Kingdom (seek ye first the kingdom of God), they are not going to find it, and they are not going to testify about what they have seen. They are then going to be little those who do testify about it, and the word of the Lord to them is going to be the lines upon lines of text, because they just don't know the Lord of lords whose name is called the Word of God.
If I spell it out to them, will they then start seeking the King of kings? If I spell it out will they then start seeking the Kingdom of God and first like the bible explained? Will they consider pray with expectation, "Thy Kingdom Come?" All those who seek find, but they must truly seek the King who has a Kingdom. He is the One we call Jesus Christ, because He is God's salvation, but His name is called THE WORD OF GOD, and always has been.
Gen 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord (Jesus Christ) came to Abram in a vision, saying...
Well it is spelled out, even in the very book called the Bible, that Abram got visions in which the Word of God came to him in and spoke to him in. So spiritually speaking, didn't Abram's off spring also get these "Sign's and Wonders". The Bible says they did and God has not changed. So it is that I get visions and dreams and hear from my Lord. I have seen Him on the throne. It's not that I get the exact same information as Abram, Isaiah, Ezekiel, John, or those today who know Him do. But one thing is clear, I have found the King of kings and the Kingdom of God. It is not of this world, just like Jesus told Pilot. And it is also clear that there are some who don't actually seek the King and the Kingdom of God but are depending on their personal knowledge of the Bible instead of their personal relationship with the Lord.
It's all explain in the very book they have put their faith in. The very book that tells them that their faith must be in Jesus Christ and that His name is called The Word of God. But it is hard to explain, because they don't listen, and it is hard to explain to them. That too was written in the very book they put their faith in.
Heb 5:11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
They are a stubborn people. Always learning but never finding the Lord. Is 5:12,13 But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord, Nor do they consider the works of His hands. Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge
Many on that day will tell Him about the wonderful things they did in His name only to be told that He never knew them. If you do know Him and seek Him you are going to get things like those who also know Him. You will know that Rick Joyner knows Him, which is not so important to you. We don't follow him, nor those who wrote the Bible. We follow and put our faith in Jesus Christ, the Lord of lord's and King of kings. We get to know Him and thus the ministering spirits (angels) who serve Him and who He sends to us. We also test the spirits to make sure they do confess Him as their Lord, to make sure. We read the Bible, as He instructs, because He is our Teacher. We have seen Him do signs and wonders, because He is still God and on the throne. But most importantly, we listen to Him!! He is the Word of God to us, because we walk and talk to Him though out the day.
Is 30:21 "Your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left.
That is how it is, or can be. It's just like the Bible explains, but it is not about knowing the bible. It is about knowing the King, our Lord, Jesus Christ - whose name is called The Word of God.